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Zippo (Japanese: ジッポ Zippo) is Ritchie's Charmeleon.

In the anime

Zippo first appeared in A Friend in Deed. Its Japanese voice actor is Shin'ichirō Miki and its English voice actor is Eric Stuart. As a Charmander, it was voiced by Michael Haigney in English.

When Ritchie was first introduced, Zippo was a Charmander, and would, soon after his introduction, face Ash's Charizard in the Indigo Plateau Conference. Because Charizard refused to battle, Zippo, and Ritchie by extension, won by default.

Eventually, by the next time Ash and Ritchie met, in the Whirl Islands, Zippo had evolved into a Charmeleon. Unlike how Ash's Charizard was when it was at the same stage in its development, it was still very obedient to Ritchie.

Since it was mentioned in Journey to the Starting Line that Ash starting with his own Pikachu in the first episode was a special case, there are theories that Zippo may have been Ritchie's starter Pokémon.

In the manga

In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, when Zippo battled Ash's Charizard in the Indigo Plateau Conference it was already a Charizard, not a Charmander. In the anime, Zippo has never been revealed to have evolved into Charizard yet.

Moves used

• Tackle
• Flamethrower

Trivia

• Zippo may have been named for a lighter of the same name.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Charmander and Charmeleon.

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Ritchie's Pokémon
On hand:	Zippo	Sparky	Happy	Cruise	Rose
Status unknown:	Spearow	Tentacool
Borrowed:	Ponyta